Roy Spencer On Satellite v Surface Temperature Data
Posted: August 31, 2015 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentSatellite temperature data was all the rage in the nineties, when it was warming. Now it’s scoffed at.
By Paul Homewood
With the ever increasing divergence of surface temperatures from satellite ones, it is worth republishing this post from Roy Spencer last October:
October 21st, 2014 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.
Much is being made of the “global” surface thermometer data, which three-quarters the way through 2014 is now suggesting the global average this year will be the warmest in the modern instrumental record.
I claim 2014 won’t be the warmest global-average year on record.
..if for no other reason than this: thermometers cannot measure global averages — only satellites can. The satellite instruments measure nearly every cubic kilometer – hell, every cubic inch — of the lower atmosphere on a daily basis. You can travel hundreds if not thousands of kilometers without finding a thermometer nearby.
(And even if 2014 or 2015 turns out to be the warmest, this is not a cause for concern…more about…
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